{"id":6211,"date":"2016-10-20T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=6211"},"modified":"2016-10-18T12:02:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T16:02:18","slug":"last-14000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/last-14000\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Last 14000&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nI couldn&rsquo;t leave Colorado without a detour to the Mecca of US motorsport&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n1. Fall colors in early morning&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2111b-650x427.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2111b\" width=\"650\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2111b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2111b-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2111b-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n2. So motorsport enthusiasts, you recognize the track? \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2112b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2112b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2112b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2112b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2112b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n3. Yes, it&rsquo;s the Pikes Peak road now paved till the summit culminating at 14,115 feet above sea level! On the first range of the Rockies, I can see the plains toward Eastextending over 1,500 miles&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2115b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2115b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2115b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2115b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2115b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n4. This road is just magnificent, the perfect hillclimb &#8230; Don&rsquo;t worry, VLV didn&rsquo;t brake Loeb&rsquo;s record! \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2120b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2120b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2120b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2120b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2120b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n5. Then Eastward through shortest path&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2123b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2123b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2123b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2123b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2123b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n6. The first 300 miles, it&rsquo;s kind of desert where only graze a few scattered groups of cows. Then, Kansas is mainly dedicated to cereal growth. Large silos appear sometimes in the endless plain.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2125b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2125b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2125b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2125b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2125b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n7. VivaLaVida only crosses trucks.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2124b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2124b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2124b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2124b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2124b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n8. Small farm photographed on the fly, when drivingg&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2126b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2126b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2126b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2126b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2126b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n9. I love these trucks!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2127b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2127b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2127b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2127b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2127b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n10. Sunset&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2134b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2134b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2134b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2134b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2134b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n11. Early wake up in a wind farm where I spent the night.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2138b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2138b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2138b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2138b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2138b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n12. VLV doesn&rsquo;t need much to stop&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2139b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2139b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2139b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2139b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2139b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n13. Driving through Kansas City&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2143b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2143b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2143b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2143b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2143b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n14. &#8230; then St-Louis, Missouri.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2147B-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"_dsc2147b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2147B.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2147B-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC2147B-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAfter two days driving accross the continent and some 1,700 miles further, VLV joined Georgia where I had dinner with my friend Colin before reaching North Carolina to begin work that should allow to register VLV in Switzerland.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nI will tell you more in a few days&#8230; \ud83d\ude00<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I couldn&rsquo;t leave Colorado without a detour to the Mecca of US motorsport&#8230; \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0 \u00a0 1. Fall colors in early morning&#8230; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2. So motorsport enthusiasts, you recognize the track? \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3. Yes, it&rsquo;s the Pikes Peak road now paved till the summit<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/last-14000\/?lang=en\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1041],"tags":[1107,377,1108,1109,1110,1111,639],"class_list":["post-6211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colorado-en","tag-1107","tag-colorado-en","tag-kansas-en","tag-missouri-en","tag-pikes-peak-en","tag-plain","tag-truck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6225,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211\/revisions\/6225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}